I'm never disappointed in the Canon EOS 70D when having it available for (closer) birds in flight / bird watching at Woodbridge Island, Cape Town. Paired with the super-sharp EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6L IS USM lens it easily delivers more / less the same image quality as the Canon EOS 7D Mark II.
Equipment (Birds In Flight Photography)
- Canon EOS 70D DSLR camera body
- Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6L IS USM Lens
- Sandisk Extreme Plus SDHC™ UHS-I Card 80MB/s 32 GB
Exposure / Focus Settings
- Manual Mode Settings / Lens AF On
- Shutter speed: 1/5000s
- Aperture: f/5.6
- Focal length 300mm
- Auto-ISO (ISO 400 - 800)
- Continuous shooting mode (7 fps)
- AI Servo / AF
- AF Mode: Zone
- Handheld
Post-Processing
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 6
Location / Conditions
Excellent early morning light around Woodbridge Island, Cape Town
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 6
Location / Conditions
Excellent early morning light around Woodbridge Island, Cape Town
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Canon EOS 70D: White-Breasted Cormorant (10 consecutive frames)
Canon EOS 70D: Yellow-Billed Duck (6 consecutive frames)
Birds in Flight Photography Cape Town